Annual report / Medical Department, Fiji.

  • Fiji. Medical Department.
Date:
[1949]
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Credit: Annual report / Medical Department, Fiji. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE B. NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES BY RACE FOR THE YEAR 1949. Disease. Europeans. Part- Europeans. Fijians. Indians. Others. Total. Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis 3 1 4 Chicken Pox (Varicella) 4 1 65 14 5 89 Amoebic Dysentery .... • • • • 5 7 .... 12 Bacillary Dysentery 9 2 29 77 8 125 Unclassified Dysentery . 6 3 224 288 9 530 Influenza . 24 48 1,340 1,090 1,064 3,566 Measles (Morbilli) 5 2 96 38 11 152 Measles (German) 2 .... 1 4 • • • • 7 Mumps .. .... .... 1 .... .... 1 Enteric Fever .. 4 3 75 115 5 202 Para-Typhoid Fevers .. .... .... 12 9 .... 21 Whooping Cough (Pertussis) .. 10 18 146 170 6 350 Dengue Fever .. 12 10 105 145 2 274 Diphtheria .... .... .... 3 .... 3 Erysipelas. 1 .... 3 5 1 10 Infantile Diarrhoea 10 14 508 264 2 798 Infective Hepatitis .... .... 4 9 .... 13 Leprosy .. .... 2 17 27 .... 46 Malaria .. 1 .... 6 .... .... 7 Puerperal Fever . .... .... 12 46 2 60 Scarlet Fever .... .... .... 1 .... 1 Tetanus .. .... .... 14 16 30 Trachoma .... 3 67 13 4 87 Tuberculosis Pulmonary 2 7 262 109 21 401 Tuberculosis other forms - .... 1 39 5 2 47 Gonorrhoea 31 12 75 129 13 260 Opthalmia Neonatorum • • • • .... • • • • 4 .... 4 Soft Chancre .... .... .... 1 .... 1 Syphilis .. 2 2 .... 47 3 54 Total .. 123 128 3,109 2,637 1,158 7,155 TABLE C. NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES BY MONTHS FOR THE YEAR 1949. Disease. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apl. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total. Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis . 2 2 4 Chicken Pox (Varicella) .. 1 1 5 4 3 9 8 16 19 13 3 7 89 Amoebic Dysentery . . 4 . . 3 . . • . . . 3 • , 1 1 • . 12 Bacillary Dysentery 9 11 16 11 5 17 26 4 6 3 7 10 125 Unclassified Dysentery.... 28 17 41 44 38 186 33 34 16 9 16 18 530 Influenza 109 245 342 446 181 188 409 246 424 268 498 210 3,566 Measles (Morbilli) .. . . . # . * . , 1 • , • • 1 2 54 51 43 152 Measles (German) . . . . . . # . . • • • • . . • . 3 3 • # 1 7 Mumps . . . , . . 1 . < . . . • • • • . • • . . • • 1 Enteric Fever 6 7 19 36 19 39 19 18 10 8 9 12 202 Whooping Cough(Pertussis) 14 36 31 37 27 59 47 52 27 8 8 4 350 Para-Typhoid Fevers . . . . , . • . . . . . • • 6 7 2 2 4 21 Dengue Fever 9 37 23 19 17 23 28 19 29 25 16 29 274 Diphtheria .. 1 • . a . . . 1 . . , • • • • . . . . . 1 3 Erysipelas .. 1 1 1 . • 1 • • 1 • • 1 2 1 1 10 Infantile Diarrhoea . 34 100 107 79 60 47 54 42 40 48 92 95 798 Infective Hepatitis . . . . • • . • 5 2 1 2 1 2 • . 13 Leprosy 4 10 4 • • 5 2 4 1 5 5 1 5 46 Malaria , , , , . . 1 1 2 2 . . • . . . . . 1 7 Puerperal Fever .. 8 7 4 2 2 5 5 2 11 6 4 4 60 Scarlet Fever , . , , . . • . • . • • . . 1 . . , , • . • • 1 Tetanus , . 2 1 4 8 1 4 1 4 3 2 . . 30 Trachoma .. 2 11 8 14 2 7 6 8 10 3 11 5 87 Tuberculosis Pulmonary .. 24 53 19 41 14 56 48 32 28 30 21 35 401 Tuberculosis Other Forms 2 2 5 6 2 1 3 5 6 4 5 6 47 Gonorrhoea . 17 34 19 17 11 31 25 26 27 16 24 13 260 Ophthalmia Neonatorum . . . . . . . 2 . • • • • • . • • • • • 1 1 4 Soft Chancre 1 a . . . . . . . . . • • • . • . t . • . . . 1 Syphilis 1 9 4 4 9 10 • • 6 1 2 3 5 54 Total .. 271 637 649 771 407 688 724 526 678 514 778 512 7,155